First off, any genre of music , on any musical platform. Even though I am making my selections purely on vinyl and in the Rock genre in particular, all are welcome. Some of the choices some might select could only work on CD , because that is the only format it was released on. Some Artists like the Rolling Stones have countless Best Of packages, someone like Led Zeppelin have few or one. At the time of this Thread, some Artists haven't released part of their later catalog on Best Of record. An example might be Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Their double album of Greatest Hits stops at 1993. Short of his best album Wildflowers ( most people's choice for best album). Still it makes my list, because its concise and does something else, the Best packages do. It offers new songs exclusively to that package , Mary Jane's Last Dance and the Cover of Something in the Air. So here goes. . The Beatles 62-66 & 67-70 I chose this package over the Beatles 1 set, for obvious reasons. The Beatles were not just a hits making group. Too many Classic songs would have to be left off. Eric Clapton - Complete Clapton And yes, " Complete " is already outdated. Still this 2 album set crosses over many decades and different bands Eric played in. So Cream and Blind Faith and Derek & the Dominoes are all here. This will have to do until a more complete retrospective is created Lindsey Buckingham: The Best Of Again, possibly a work in progress. His Self Titled 2021 album, cut by Chris Bellman has some standout cuts that would fit nicely along side the 6 LP set. So in depth a set, it literally could replace most of his studio albums. Well over half of his Out of the Cradle album is here. While only Trouble, the single from his quirky first album is offered. Still a grand set from a criminally overlooked singer and tunesmith. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits So only half of their decades long career is here. I would love to see what the second half of his recording career might be if kept in concept. Yes, there are bigger sets released, but for me, this has no low points. All Killer and No Filler. The Rolling Stones : Hot Rocks 1964 - 1971 Another Killer set. Incomplete, but nearly perfect in its own universe. Neil Young - Decade Still another set that falls far short of Mr. Young's long span career, but much like Complete Clapton, it starts out with Buffalo Springfield ( maybe best band name ever) and runs up past the mid seventies. Amazing. So that's a start. What do you guys have spinning on the turntable or in the CD player?
There are a lot of Mac compilations....but this one is perhaps the best of the Peter Green Years as it has Studio and Live songs....the live was so important....and I like your thought Hot Rocks...it is not complete...missing some important Exile songs like Happy and Tumbling Dice....and maybe IORR.....but really covers the Brian years...and Taylor stuff that was important.....but MTs importance was live shows much more!!!!!!.... do not need Angie Heartbreaker Hot Stuff Miss You....all that later stuff is second rate compared to these songs...hits but maybe ****s to me.... This Mac one covers Original Fleetwood Mac Accept No Imitations pretty well
Best of`s i bought and liked when they first came out on LP. Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits Volume Ii Byrds`s Greatest Hits Jimi Hendrix - Smash Hits Flying Burritos - Close Up The Honkey Tonks Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits
Nice ones here.....Burritos one is really fine one.....a fav....good stuff on it!!!!!! Where to start with them if one is curious....great post!!!!!
For dure....only I do not like Steamroller Blues...filler for me....replace with Blossom and Just Like Heaven....but its essential!!!!!!!!!!!
I like these Chuck Berry - The Great 28 Eagles Greatest Hits Bob Marley - Legend The Cure - Staring at the Sea The Very Best of 10cc XTC - Fossil Fuel
I’d have to go with the greatest selling hits comp of all time. Eagles: Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)
Ultimate Petula Clark This Is Easy: The Best of Marshall Crenshaw Joe Jackson - Greatest Hits Dusty Springfield Ultimate Collection
The MC5 is easy to complete as they are no more....of all the Comps out there....this one covers it pretty well....I might leave Miss X out for Tutti Frutti.....but its another good start if you are not familiar with them....I might try to add the 3 live songs from Tartan Field 1970...so good!!!!! but this is definitive as it gets for them!!!!!!!!!
The 10-song The Best of Chuck Berry: The Millennium Collection includes everything you need to hear by the true king of rock ‘n’ roll.
The Jam- Snap! Pink Lincolns- Milking It The Cure- Staring at the Sea The Flaming Lips- Greatest Hits Public Image Limited- Greatest Hits So Far Descendents- Somery NOFX- Greatest Songs Ever Written... By Us Wilco- What's Your 20? Dinosaur Jr.- Ear-Bleeding Country Pearl Jam- Rearviewmirror The White Stripes- Greatest Hits REM- In Time REM- Eponymous REM- And I Feel Fine U2- those 2 "best of" CDs Lemonheads- Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners (even though it doesn't have any Ben Deily tunes) Afghan Whigs- Unbreakable ALL- ALL Snuff- Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other Green Day- International Superhits Dead Milkmen- Death Rides a Pale Cow Further- Where Have You Been Boyracer- Punker Than You Since '92 Boyracer- Boyf--ingracer Mr. T Experience- A History of the Concept of MTX Screaching Weasel- Weaselmania Yo La Tengo- Prisoners of Love J Church- Ecstacy of Communication Tim Easton- Before the Revolution Paul Weller- Modern Classics Paul Weller- More Modern Classics Alice Donut- Freaks in Love
Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Gold & Platinum" REO Speedwagon "A Decade Of Rock 1970-1980" goes up to (but not including) "Hi Infidelity" era Little River Band - "Greatest Hits" (a good pressing sounds awesome, and some really fantastic tracks)
I'm afraid that you are deluded if you think that everything that anybody needs to hear from Chuck Berry can be condensed down to 10 tracks.
My favourite Best of albums LP's/Cassettes that were the first albums I ever had by these artists that then encouraged me to buy their entire catalogues: The Beach Boys: 20 Golden Greats Bread: The Sound of Bread America: History Neil Diamond: His 12 Greatest Hits David Bowie: ChangesOneBowie Jim Croce: Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs (1976) Creedence Clearwater Revival: Chronicle 1 & 2 Elvis Costello: The Very Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions 1977–86 The Bee Gees: Best of The Bee Gees (1969) The Shadows: 20 Golden Greats The Who: The Story of The Who (1976)
Back in the 1970s, greatest hits records -- not later anthologies or comprehensive sets but greatest hits pulled together at the peak of an artist's commercial run -- were some of my favorites. They were records everybody had more so than full albums, and they were often the best way to hear pop music of the '50 and '60s when singles, not albums, dominated the focus. I could of must haves for me would be: Elvis' Golden Records Aretha's Gold The Byrds - Greatest Hits Sly & the Family Stone - Greatest Hits War - Greatest Hits All those contemporaneous Motown ones, but especially Four Tops - Greatest Hits Temptations - Greatest Hits 1 Best of Sam & Dave Of more recent vintage I'd add Madonna Immaculate Collection Pink - Greatest Hits...So Far!!!
Abba-GOLD CCR- CHRONICLE The Byrds-20 Essential Tracks From The Boxed Set: 1965-1990 The Carpenters-THE SINGLES 1969-73
Also noteworthy because, at the time and for many years thereafter, it was the only way to get "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Everybody Is a Star," and "Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" on an LP. And as an LP it holds together brilliantly—a great album in its own right.
